The electric kool-aid acid test
by Wolfe, Tom
Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD-induced "acid tests" all along the way. Long considered one of the greatest books about the history of the hippies, Wolfe's ability to research like a reporter and simultaneously evoke the hallucinogenic indulgence of the era ensures that this book…
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- Full title :The electric kool-aid acid test / Tom Wolfe.
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Tom Wolfe's much-discussed kaleidoscopic non-fiction novel chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD-induced "acid tests" all along the way. Long considered one of the greatest books about the history of the hippies, Wolfe's ability to research like a reporter and simultaneously evoke the hallucinogenic indulgence of the era ensures that this book, written in 1967, will live long in the counter-culture canon of American literature.
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- Publication Date:©1968.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Picador
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1968.
The Physical Object
- Description:416 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780312427597, 031242759X
- oclc:ocn861661511
- LC Classification:HV5825
- Dewey Decimal:306.1 W855
Table of Contents
Black shiny FBI shoes -- Bladder totem -- Electric suit -- What do you think of my Buddha? -- Rusky-dusky neon dust -- Bus -- Unauthorized acid -- Tootling the multitudes -- Crypt trip -- Dream wars -- Unspoken thing -- Bust -- Hell's Angels -- Miracle in seven days -- Cloud -- The frozen jug band -- Departures -- Cosmo's Tasmanian deviltry -- Trips festival -- The electric Kool-Aid acid test -- Fuguitive -- Diablo! -- Red tide -- Mexican bust -- Secret agent number one -- The cops and robbers game -- The graduation -- Epilogue.
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